Vice President Mike Pence is crediting the
crew and passengers who fought back against
hijackers on 9/11 with protecting the U.S.
Pence spoke at the commemoration Wednesday
of the hijacked Flight 93, which crashed
in a Pennsylvania field, killing 40
passengers and crew.
The Flight 93 National Memorial marks the
site near Shanksville where the plane went
down at 10:03 a.m., after passengers fought
back. Officials concluded the attackers
had aimed the Boeing 757 toward Washington,
D.C.
Pence says the memory of those killed in
the crash is "carved into the hearts and
memories of the American people."
The terrorists also flew two planes into the
World Trade Center skyscrapers in New
York and a fourth into the Pentagon in
Arlington, Virginia.Memorials for victims
of Sept. 11 will take place in New York,
Virginia and Pennsylvania Wednesday morning.
Vice President Mike Pence will attend the
September 11 Observance at Flight 93 National
Memorial in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
Also speaking at the ceremony will be U.S.
Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt
and representatives of the Families of
Flight 93.